The PREVOTen
No. 03
The ten most watched and most talked-about films on PREVO, last seven days only. Every play counts, every Note counts, and the board starts from nothing again each Monday.
Nos. 1 – 10
Projectionist
Dir. Pat McCoy and Nicolas Alexandre
An isolated movie theater projectionist deals homemade psychedelics on a mission to change the collective conscience and wake up the world.
Premiered on PREVO on Thursday, September 3 – straight in at No. 1 in its first week on the board.
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2
Midnight Movie Club
Dir. Alexander Beale
A lone moviegoer is stalked by a 7-foot-tall entity known only as The Ticket-Taker.
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3
Extraña
Dir. Ryan Fajet and Paloma Ronquillo
A young woman sets out to quiet a barking dog, but the more she tries to restore order to her routine, the more chaotic her world becomes.
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4
VISA
Dir. Chí Trân
An international worker at the end of his work visa tries to get hate-crimed to secure a green card.
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5
DALE
Dir. Justin Streichman
After more than four decades with the Los Angeles Philharmonic, violist Dale Hikawa Silverman reflects on a lifetime devoted to music.
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6
Feed Your Muse
Dir. Brendan Beachman
A novelist, plagued by writer's block, buys a macabre sculpture that his favorite, recently deceased writer referred to as his Muse.
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7
Outsider Chimp
Dir. TJ Coughlin
A high school theater outcast connives to steal the lead role from the golden boy and climb all the way from an extra to the lead.
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8
Reunion
Dir. John Liang
A group of old college girlfriends comes together for an evening, only to find out they're going to attempt a resurrection.
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9
Little Dinners
Dir. Peter Henry Bussian
All alone on New Year's Eve, she decides to chase away the big city blues by throwing a dinner party for one.
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10
Hikikomori
Dir. Ben Steinberg
A man who hasn't left his bedroom in 8 years is assigned a mannequin and has a week to find a romantic partner or face public execution.
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Off the boardMaryjane is One Word (No. 2) · Door (No. 3) · Rosemary (No. 9) · There Are No Children (No. 10)
Projectionist premiered on Thursday and goes straight in at No. 1. Extraña's two weeks at the top end at No. 3. Three films entered behind it – DALE, Little Dinners and Hikikomori – and Midnight Movie Club climbs four places to No. 2. September is the first scored month, so these are the first points on the table.
Next board
01
Every play on PREVO counts, from anywhere on the platform. Only the last seven days are measured, so nothing carries over and no film can coast on an old week.
02
The comment box under every film. Notes count as heavily as plays, and we pass the best of them straight to the filmmaker. Talking about a film moves it as much as watching it.
03
The board closes Sunday at 11:59 PM CT and the new ten go up at the start of the week, exactly as the week ranked it. No editorial thumb on the scale.
Watch a film on PREVO and leave a Note underneath. Both count toward next week's board.
Every film that charts scores points. No. 1 scores 10, No. 10 scores 1. The film with the most points at the end of the month is named the Audience Pick.
September is the first scored month. Four boards: September 7, 14, 21 and 28. Everyone starts at zero.
You don't have to win a week to win the month.
Watch what you want, say what you thought, and the board takes care of itself.